Fleming

//ˈflɛmɪŋ// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

    ", Episode 12, The Cyclops --And our eyes are on Europe, says the citizen. We had our trade with Spain and the French and with the Flemings before those mongrels were pupped, Spanish ale in Galway, the winebark on the winedark waterway."

  2. 2
    a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of fleme form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English surname transferred from the nickname [in turn originating as an ethnonym].

    "Ian Fleming, English writer."

  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname. rare
  3. 3
    A town and locality in the Northern Territory, Australia.
  4. 4
    A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. 5
    A neighbourhood of Alexandria, Egypt.
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  1. 6
    A neighbourhood of Rome, Italy.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Liberty County, Georgia.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Redding Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A tiny city in Ray County, Missouri; a suburb of Kansas City.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and hamlet in Cayuga County, New York.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A small unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.

Synonyms

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ian lancaster flemingsir alexander fleming

Example

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"Asteroid number 9007 of the series has a diameter of about 3.7 km and is named James Bond to honour the secret agent created by Ian Fleming."

Etymology

From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.

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